Articles
are listed in alphabetical order by state within each category, so you can
easily scan through the articles for those within your state or other states in
which you have an interest. International articles are at the end. The
categories are: Abuse and Neglect, Laws & Legislation, Improved Supports,
and Miscellaneous.

This
week’s collection of articles has, sadly, the usual array of stories. Check the
categories below for a guide. The categories are indicated by type and the
number of the article.

Sexual Assault: 8,
78, 79

Physical Abuse: 1,
2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 87, 88

Emotional/Verbal
Abuse: 10, 16, 17

Financial abuse: 5,
6, 15, 17

Neglect: 3, 4, 7,
12, 16

Missing (found
dead): 13, 20

Murder: 3, 18, 80,
85

Guardianship: 24,
28, 42

WHO DUN
IT? (Listed by the number of the article)

School: 8 Family: 6, 18, 80

Stranger: 1, 9, 14, 19, 78

Caregiver: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20

Men: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 78, 79

Women: 4, 6, 11, 12, 15, 18, (88)

Good News:

24 – Services
waitlist decreased by 500

25, 27 - Protests
against proposed reduced funding for basic needs

38 – Improved
special education approved

39 – Settlement
reached for failure to provide communication for

Deaf
students

41 – Lawsuit:
Adults with disabilities should have right to an attorney

88 - Mother
wants son to have positive social/sexual experience, seeks prostitutes to help
him.

ABUSE
AND NEGLECT

1.“Phoenix Police:
Wheelchair-bound man has ear bitten off.” A man confined to a wheelchair was
knocked out of his wheelchair and had his ear bitten off, police say.
---abc15.com, July 6 (Arizona) https://is.gd/BTw2KZ

2.“Porterville man
accused of running illegal elder care center.” A 66-year-old Porterville man has
been arrested after allegations surfaced that he was running an unlicensed elder
facility and claims of physical abuse. ---visaliatimesdelta.com, July 11
(California) https://is.gd/5l0dm6

3.“State agency
investigates death of autistic man on Highway 118 in Simi Valley.” A Simi Valley
group home is under investigation by the California Department of Social
Services after the death of one of its residents on Highway 118 in Simi Valley,
officials said. ---vcstar.com July 12 (California) https://is.gd/BE9slk

4.“Police: Group
home worker left disabled man in van at mall parking lot.” A local woman faces
charges after police said she left a disabled man inside a van at the Westfield
Meriden Mall on Saturday. ---myrecordjournal.com, July 10 (Connecticut) https://is.gd/zpa5Pi

5.“Frank Pannullo
gets two years in prison for skimming $617,435 from disabled.” Former chief
financial officer Frank Pannullo was ordered to serve two years in federal
prison Tuesday for engineering the diversion of $617,435 in Social Security
payments from clients of the Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens. ---tampabay.com,
July 11 (Florida) https://is.gd/vsiQjQ

6.“Arkansas woman
arrested in Tallahassee for exploitation of elderly mother.” An Arkansas woman
is accused of lying in a Leon County court to get guardianship over her elderly
mother and exploiting her for almost half a million dollars. The Tallahassee
Police Department says Laura Cooper was arrested over the weekend. ---wtxl.com,
July 10 (Florida) https://is.gd/MkQZGw

7.“Owner of Group
Home on Palm Coast’s Braddock Lane Faces 5 Felony Counts for Elderly Neglect.”
Olufunmilayo Oduyejo, the 61-year-old owner of a group home registered to
Paradise Group Home LLC at 15 Braddock Lane in Palm Coast, faces five felony
counts of elderly neglect after two residents at the group home had to be
hospitalized and three evacuated Wednesday. ---flaglerlive.com, July 7 (Florida)
https://is.gd/DXB5ps

8.“Pascal Estime:
Man arrested for sexual battery of a mentally handicapped woman in 2004.” A man
was arrested at Fort Lauderdale International Airport on Saturday for the sexual
battery of a mentally handicapped woman in 2004. ---wptv.com, July 8 (Florida)
https://is.gd/3Ql5WI

9.“Deaf, autistic man
dressed as superhero beaten up on Florida street corner.” A Florida man with
autism, who dresses as a superhero and waves at passersby from a street corner,
was attacked by someone who said he wanted to fight Superman, deputies said. ---nydailynews.com,
July 8 (Florida)https://is.gd/hsTnML

10.“Alleged abuse of
intellectually disabled prompts state investigation of SWITC staff.” The
investigation by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare involves allegations
of physical and psychological abuse of seven adult residents at the Southwest
Idaho Treatment Center just north of Interstate 84 in Nampa. ---idahostatesman.com,
July 12 (Idaho) https://is.gd/doGWON

11.“Former caregiver
pleads guilty to attempted murder of handicapped woman in Shelby County.” A
former caregiver has entered a blind plea deal in connection with an attempted
murder-suicide in Shelby County. ---cbs4indy.com, July 11 (Indiana) https://is.gd/5Vefs5

12.“Woman pleads
guilty to drug, elder abuse charges.” A woman has pleaded guilty to possessing
heroin and neglect of two elderly people for whom she was responsible were found
by investigators after she overdosed in early February. ---news-sentinel.com,
July 6 (Indiana) https://is.gd/Gv0uok

14.“Hagerstown man
gets seven years for knife attack on autistic boy.” A Hagerstown man who put a
knife to the throat of an autistic boy while under the influence of PCP was
sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty Tuesday in
Washington County Circuit Court to first-degree assault. ---heraldmailmedia.com,
July 11 (Maryland) https://is.gd/oL0mB5

15.“3 charged with
felony exploitation of vulnerable person.” Three Holcomb residents are charged
with one felony count of exploitation of a vulnerable person. ---wjtv.com, July
12 (Mississippi) https://is.gd/4kXYEP

18.“Mom sentenced for
killing daughter with special needs.” The Eastlake mother convicted in the murder of her daughter was sentenced to 88 days in jail and 100 hours of
community service. ---cleveland19.com, July 10 (Ohio) https://is.gd/xEcfKw

19.“2 boys admit role
in videoed assault on intellectually disabled grocery worker.” Two juveniles
charged with the May 29 assault on an intellectually disabled man in Germantown
admitted their roles Monday during a hearing in Philadelphia Juvenile Court. ---philly.com,
July 11 (Pennsylvania) https://is.gd/Z2rF77

20.“Disabled woman
found dead in van at state living center in Brenham.” State investigators are
looking into the death of a disabled woman who was discovered unresponsive in
the back of a van in Brenham. ---abc13.com, July 12 (Texas) https://is.gd/YkJKwG

LAWS AND
LEGISLATION

21.“Autism in Family
Courts—What the Bench and Bar Need to Know.” Family court judges deal with a
variety of complex issues on a daily basis. Some of the issues are amusing; who
gets custody of the dog, who gets the plaid chair, or who gets to keep the
thimble collection. But when children are involved, the case becomes more
complicated, especially when issues like mental health, mental or physical
disability and developmental disability arise. ---thelegalintelligencer.com,
July 11 https://is.gd/tkTqtOr

22.“Adults under
guardianship should have chance to regain rights, ABA Says.” The time is ripe
for people subject to court-ordered guardianship to have the ability to regain
the right to manage their money, American Bar Association Commission on Law and
Aging said in a study issued Monday. ---fa-mag.com, July 11 https://is.gd/6Fw0zk

24.“Arkansas
disabilities services waiting list reduced by 500.” Arkansas Gov. Asa
Hutchinson says the waiting list for people with developmental disabilities in
need of state services has been reduced by 500 since a revenue stream was
created earlier this year to reduce the waiting time. ---arkansasonline.com,
July 11 (Arkansas) https://is.gd/6qaXAd

25.“Disability-rights
advocates protest outside Cory Gardner’s Denver office to spotlight Medicaid,
Senate health care bill.” Protesters who last week staged a 57-hour sit-in at
Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office returned to the general vicinity Thursday with
hundreds of allies, saying they would continue to make their voices heard until
the Republican commits to a “no” vote on the Senate health care bill. ---denverpost.com,
July 6 (Colorado) https://is.gd/wrA3CB

26.“CTU Files
Whistleblower Suit Over Fired Special Education Teacher.” The Chicago Teachers
Union is suing the Chicago Board of Education over what it believes was
“retaliation” against a former Saucedo Academy teacher they say was fired after
blowing the whistle on violations of special education student protections. ---chicagotonight.wttw.com,
July 7 (Illinois) https://is.gd/uOiJGB

27.“Durbin says ACA
repeal would ‘cripple’ Illinois during Granite City stop.” During a visit to a
Granite City hospital on Friday, Senator Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, said if it
passed, the Senate Republican health care repeal bill would have devastating
results for the metro-east and for all of Illinois. ---bnd.com, May 7 (Illinois)
https://is.gd/wSzEga

28.“POINT OF VIEW:
New standards raise the bar for guardianship in Florida.” f you know someone who
may be in need of guardianship, they can benefit from Gov. Rick Scott just
signing into law new standards of practice that raise the bar for the
guardianship profession. ---palmbeachpost.com, July 12 (Florida) https://is.gd/WBB1py

29.“Special needs
school not moving despite toxin concerns.” A school for students with special
needs won't be moving anytime soon, despite concerns raised by the discovery of
toxins on the playground and pleas from teachers over the past several months.
---thetowntalk.com, July 7 (Louisiana) https://is.gd/DGST6e

30.“Head injuries
nearly DOUBLE your risk of dementia by releasing an overload of inflammatory
particles into the brain, study says.” Head injuries almost double a person's
risk of developing dementia, new research shows. ---dailymail.co.uk, May 7
(Maryland) https://is.gd/e71pKF

31.“Nebraska's first
Disability Pride Day is Thursday.” Nebraskans with disabilities, along with
family, friends and supporters, will gather here today for the state’s first
Disability Pride Day. ---omaha.com, July 12 (Nebraska) https://is.gd/p9tMRW

32.“With no place to
go, autistic young man spent 28 days in Exeter ER.” Ann Sanok is calling on the
state to increase its funding for people with developmental disabilities after
her adult son spent nearly a month in a secure Exeter Hospital emergency room
waiting to be transferred to a residential facility. ---seacoastonline.com, July
9 (New Hampshire) https://is.gd/LfkRBw

33.“School for the
Deaf to receive $1.25M for improvements.” The New York State School for the Deaf
will receive $1.25 million in state funding for building improvements. ---uticaod.com,
July 12 (New York) https://is.gd/8b1cAL

35.“Whistleblower
Lawsuit Unsealed Against Meridian Senior Living Alleges Fraudulent Medicaid
Billing.” A whistleblower lawsuit was unsealed Friday alleging the Meridian
Senior Living Group has defrauded the United States and the State of North
Carolina out of more than sixty million dollars. ---prnewswire.com, July 10
(North Carolina) https://is.gd/kFOnkx

36.“Oklahoma DHS
budget cuts lead to reduced foster payouts, senior meals.” Budget cuts have
prompted the Department of Human Services to slash more than $29 million from
programs and services that support children, the elderly and adults requiring
in-home support. ---newsok.com, July 11 (Oklahoma) https://is.gd/AVv3zn

37.“Lott Industries
separating from Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities.” Lott
industries will no longer be paired with the Lucas County Board of Developmental
Disabilities due to changes in Medicaid requirements. ---nbc24.com, July 6
(Ohio) https://is.gd/gCNNQv

38.“School Reform
Commission approves new in-house special education program.” The School Reform
Commission voted Thursday to establish a new in-house special education program
for 100 students, most diagnosed with social-emotional disabilities and now
placed in facilities run by Wordsworth. ---thenotebook.org, July 6
(Pennsylvania) https://is.gd/BR8ZQJ

39.“Edinburg hospital
to settle lawsuit claiming ineffective communication for deaf patients.” Doctors
Hospital at Renaissance on Thursday agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming the
hospital failed to provide auxiliary aids and services for deaf patients,
according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of
Texas. ---valleycentral.com, July 6 (Texas) https://is.gd/7w7Yjx

40.“Lawsuits allege
Garland ISD's transfer allowed special ed teacher to continue sexual and
physical abuse.” A special education teacher who was transferred by Garland ISD
in January 2016 after allegedly breaking a boy's arm, continued physically and
sexually abusing students for five more months, according to two recently-filed
lawsuits. ---dallasnews.com, July 8 (Texas) https://is.gd/immVpg

41.“ACLU sues Utah
over disabled people's right to a lawyer in guardianship cases.” Civil rights
advocates are challenging a Utah law that eliminated a requirement that disabled
adults whose biological or adoptive parents petition courts to become their
legal guardians have their own attorney. ---deseretnews.com, July 7 (Utah)
https://is.gd/pryE6l

42.“Council Poised to
Revamp 40-year-old Intellectual Disability Law.” Leonard (not his real name) has
a profound intellectual disability. For Leonard, that means an IQ less than 50.
---washingtoncitypaper.com, July 11 (Washington DC) https://is.gd/d2kcNp

IMPROVED
SUPPORTS

43.“Wheelchair
accessibility information in Google Maps improves via crowdsourcing.” Google is
making an important change to Google Maps that will help to make life a little
easier for wheelchair users and people with other accessibility needs. ---betanews.com,
July 6 https://is.gd/fUD43S

44.“Oxytocin improves
social abilities in some kids with autism.” The brain hormone may help treat
social impairments in children with autism whose baseline oxytocin levels are
low before treatment, according to new Stanford findings. ---med.stanford.edu,
July 10 (California) https://is.gd/XzM845

45.“City of San Diego
makes enjoying Fiesta Island easier for handicapped.” There are two new parking
spots on Fiesta Island reserved for the physically disabled starting Tuesday.
---nbcsandiego.com, July 10 (California) https://is.gd/Z42pIg

46.“New app helps
those with special needs make friends.” For those with special needs, it can be
difficult at times to make friends, but a new app is helping people with autism
and other conditions connect with others. ---abc13.com, July 6 (California)
https://is.gd/C7F6Ai

47.“LAPD union joins
national push for feds to help prepare police for contacts with mentally ill.”
Los Angeles’ police union has thrown its support behind a national push for
federal funding and other resources to help officers better prepare for
interactions with people who are mentally ill. ---latimes.com, July 13
(California) https://is.gd/i1OsH3

48.“Students with
special needs thrive at Temecula dance studio “ Emily Avila, a 13-year-old
Temecula girl who is partially blind and medically fragile, can’t play soccer or
other contact sports. But Emily can dance, and it’s an activity she truly
enjoys. ---pe.com, July 8 (California) https://is.gd/wvRvqF

50.“Delaware gets
highest federal rating for special education services.” Just three years after
Delaware was told its special education program needed intervention, it has
earned the highest rating possible from the U.S. Department of Education’s
Office of Special Education Programs. ---delawareonline.com, July 13 (Delaware)
https://is.gd/ooS782

51.“Task Force Starts
Looking Into Transportation Issues Floridians With Disabilities Face.” A new
Florida task force met for the first time this week to start looking into
transportation issues people with developmental and intellectual disabilities
face on a daily basis. ---wfsu.org, July 6 (Florida) https://is.gd/JJLdI3

52.“Florida agrees to
make prisons more accessible for inmates with disabilities.” For years, inmates
with disabilities in Florida have doubly struggled to navigate its prison
system, lawyers say. ---miamiherald.com, July 8 (Florida) https://is.gd/eLXXTj

53.“Marist grad makes
developmental disability defense his mission “ After spending nearly every day
of his senior year with clients of Oak Lawn-based Park Lawn, Marist High School
graduate Alex Lyons wanted to do more. ---chicagotribune.com, July 12 (Illinois)
https://is.gd/JYbemU

54.“Elgin agencies
welcome first state budget in 2 years.” On Friday, Elgin-area
social services agencies breathed a sigh of relief more than two years in the
making. ---chicagotribune.com, July 7 (Illinois) https://is.gd/wU3dhr

56.“Lansing group
helps adults with disabilities live on their own, in community with others.”
Parents of children on the autism spectrum face significant challenges in
getting the right education, support and other life tools for their kids. ---michiganradio.org,
July 10 (Michigan) https://is.gd/99cmiz

57.“Lost no more:
Research finds that autistic children can learn navigation techniques.” Many
people with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) have a hard time figuring out how to get from
one place to another. This navigational challenge can be difficult, especially
when a person goes somewhere for the first time. ---minnpost.com, July 12
(Minnesota) https://is.gd/zjAAUu

59.“Program helping
young adults with developmental disabilities loses funding.” A Doña Ana County
program that helps young adults living with developmental disabilities integrate
with the community is being defunded. ---kfoxtv.com, July 9 (New Mexico) https://is.gd/GH9gz6

60.“Tactile Traffic
Maps Could Help Blind Pedestrians Navigate.” The technology is currently being
tested at a busy intersection in New York City. ---scientificamerican.com, July
11 (New York) https://is.gd/wDRaoo

61.“Buffalo schools
look to recoup $800,000 in special education reimbursements.” Buffalo Public
Schools, always strapped for cash, missed out on hundreds of thousands of
dollars when it underbilled for providing special education services to students
from other school districts, a new state audit found. ---buffalonews.com, July
11 (New York) https://is.gd/eyutl0

62.“Access excess?
MTA spending $6M to make stairless station handicapped accessible.” The state
plans to make the Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station handicapped accessible
within the next few years, but straphangers and local community leaders can’t
understand how the street-level L train platform isn’t already compliant for
disabled riders, said one local resident who has been begging for an elevator at
the treacherous Broadway Junction station nearby for years. ---brooklyndaily.com,
July 7 (New York) https://is.gd/BFH2tB

63.“Ohio creates
crisis fund to help parents keep custody of severely disabled kids.” Of all the
anguish that befell Mark Butler as he fought to obtain care for his severely
autistic son, the worst came when he and his wife had to sign over their
parental rights. ---dispatch.com, July 9 (Ohio) https://is.gd/Zbctef

64.“Uber and Lyft's
wheelchair access grows, with room to improve.” Uber and Lyft have met a state
directive to put a combined minimum of 70 wheelchair-accessible vehicles on
Philadelphia’s roads by the end of June. ---philly.com, July 6 (Pennsylvania)
https://is.gd/XC8BBO

65.“Blount Co.
program to inform 911 dispatchers about families with special needs.” A new
Blount County program will give 911 dispatchers more information about families
with special needs or disabilities. ---wbir.com, July 11 (Tennessee) https://is.gd/VoFxhQ

66.“1st
handicapped-accessible water park opens in Texas.” An all-inclusive water park
called Morgan’s
Inspiration Island,
which recently opened near Morgan’s Wonderland in San Antonio, is the first of its kind in the world.
---click2houston.com, July 11 (Texas) https://is.gd/l0iwgj

67.“Virginia earns
top special education rating for fifth time.” For a fifth consecutive year, the
U.S. Department of Education has awarded Virginia its highest rating for
improving outcomes for students with disabilities and for compliance with the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. ---progress-index.com, July 12
(Virginia) https://is.gd/qJHjnU

68.“State Wants
Adults With Developmental Disabilities To Have More Say In Life Choices.”
Vermont’s Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living
says allowing adults with developmental disabilities to make more of their own
decisions will help them to live independent and healthy lives. ---digital.vpr.net,
July 11 (Vermont) https://is.gd/LKXv09

INTERNATIONAL

69.“Narellan
disability group home proposal receives neighbourhood backlash.” A proposal for
a disability group home in Narellan housing five young men has triggered a
community backlash, with neighbours saying the facility is in an “inappropriate
location”. ---dailytelegraph.com.au, July 13 (Australia) https://is.gd/yKsVln

70.“Mentally
disabled care 'failure'.”
Mental health care for the intellectually disabled is so underfunded it has
reached crisis point, according to a damning letter to the Ministry of Health.
It refers to one patient living in a secure unit for more than a decade. ---odt.co.nz,
July 7 (Australia) https://is.gd/tYUU8N

71.“'A human right,
not a bonus': readers on campaigning for disability rights.” Earlier this year
we released our documentary The
Fight, which followed a group of people with disabilities as they
marched against discrimination in Bolivia. ---theguardian.com, July 7 (Bolivia)
https://is.gd/joMfpA

72.“Hikvision
Supports Center for Youth with Special Needs.” Hikvision Canada Inc., the North
American leader in innovative, award-winning video surveillance products, is
working with Montreal-based integrator Intelgest to provide security cameras for
the Centre Petite Echelle in Montreal, an organization that supports young
people with special needs. ---marketwatch.com, July 13 (Canada) https://is.gd/iPhJCA

73.“Special Education
Wants Equal Treatment.” The government's subsidy for special education is low.
So low that schools cannot provide a good education. That says the board of
Protestant schools, the VPCO. ---curacaochronicle.com, July 10 (Curacao) https://is.gd/gydLpO

74.“United Airlines
‘Destroys’ Man’s Custom $42,000 Wheelchair During Trip from France to the U.S.”
United Airlines is in more hot water after employees allegedly “destroyed” a
custom wheelchair belonging to a 24-year-old man who suffers from a severe
spinal condition. ---people.com, July 10 (France) https://is.gd/0QS94m

75.“Disability rights
groups refute Finance Ministry’s claim.” Hundreds of disability rights
organisations and individuals have disputed the Finance Ministry’s claim in a
July 4 statement that 5 per cent GST rates for items, such as wheelchairs,
Braille machines, are “concessional” and a “win-win” for all.---thehindubusinessline.com,
July 10 (India) https://is.gd/FwNWUC

76.“Cabbie Rapes
38-Year-Old Mentally Ill Woman On Pretext Of Getting Her Job.” A 38-year-old
woman was allegedly raped by a man on the pretext of helping her get a job
following which the accused has been arrested here. ---outlookindia.com, July 10
(India) https://is.gd/wI0jMK

77.“Man held from UP
a year after he raped deaf and mute Borivali girl.” A 20-year-old man was today
arrested from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old hearing
and speech impaired girl in suburban Borivali last year, the police said. ---indianexpress.com,
July 9 (India) https://is.gd/GpW749

78.“'It was not me,
it was the power': Female doctor charged with murdering her autistic
three-year-old son in Ireland told detectives 'yes it was my knife', court
hears.” A woman charged with murdering her toddler son told detectives 'it was
not me, it was the power', a court has heard..--- dailymail.co.uk, July 13
(Ireland) https://is.gd/7lqunx

79.“People with
disabilities protest outside Leinster House.” People with disabilities protested
outside Leinster House on Thursday afternoon over the Government’s failure to
ratify the UN Convention on Rights for Disabled People (UNCRPD). ---irishtimes.com,
July 13 (Ireland) https://is.gd/72cLhC

80.“Support for
people with disabilities.” Sir, – I should like to take up several points made
by Paddy Connelly, chief executive of Inclusion Ireland (July
10th). ---irishtimes.com, July 12 (Ireland)https://is.gd/hJPRvP

81.“Supports for
people with disabilities.” Your
editorial of June 30th states
that “Insufficient facilities for those citizens who are infirm, disabled,
intellectually challenged or unable to fend for themselves represent a blight on
our society. ---irishtimes.com, July 10 (Ireland) https://is.gd/g9hTQb

82.“Israel earmarks
funds for special-needs technology.” NIS 3 million to go to development of
solutions for those on the autistic spectrum, the visually impaired and the
wheelchair-bound ---timesofisrael.com, July 10 (Israel) https://is.gd/9tyBjA

83.“Investigation
unlikely over NZer's death in restraints.” The controversial death of a New
Zealander in Japan has brought back painful memories of a similar case in Samoa
- where a five year battle for justice has yielded no results. ---radionz.co.nz,
July 14 (New Zealand) https://is.gd/UpUGIA

84.“Vulnerable people
being euthanised without consent.” ‘Strict protective guidelines’ supposed to
protect vulnerable and elderly patients from being killed against their will are
being flouted, leading to the deaths of 431 people in 2015, none of whom gave
clear consent. ---christian.org.uk, July 7 (Netherlands) https://is.gd/aYe7cm

85.“Scots families’
fury at ‘excessive’ force used to make disabled kids behave.” More than 350
parents of special needs children as young as four have joined a campaign for
stricter laws amid claims of excessive force. ---thescottishsun.co.uk, July 8
(Scotland) https://is.gd/a0Nn2p

86.“Why abuse of the
elderly is as bad as any hate crime.” When Maddy Jobson set up a secret camera
at the care home where her mother had been resident for four years, it was, she
insists, with the best intentions ---dailymail.co.uk, July 8 (UK) https://is.gd/MJOJjI

87.“Deaf construction
worker's 'demoralising' job hunt.” I was profoundly deaf when I was born. I went
to school in Cwmbran - a mainstream school for the hearing and deaf - but my
parents were trying to find somewhere that was good for me. ---bbc.com, July 8
(UK) https://is.gd/ZFAstl

88.“Mum searched for
prostitute for her autistic son so that he could learn about sex.” A woman was
so desperate for her autistic son to feel accepted she considered getting him a
prostitute. Author Kathy Lette even went kerb-crawling in London to find Jules
Robertson a call girl when he was 20. ---metro.co.uk, July 9 (UK) https://is.gd/y46Qlz

89.“Autistic children
self-harm warning over slow diagnosis.” Failure to correctly diagnose the
special needs of children could lead them to self harm, it has been claimed. ---bbc.com,
July 10 (UK) https://is.gd/OjtgT0

90.“Teachers' pay
remains capped as government resists pressure to ease restraints.” The
Government has resisted pressure to lift the public sector pay cap as it was
announced teachers' pay will remain capped at 1%. ---itv.com, July 10 (UK)
https://is.gd/R2fn9X

91.“The London Para
Games aren't good for people like me – they're setting back disability rights.”
I recently sat on a panel where a Tory Government adviser asked me why I kept
complaining about austerity cuts when I should be cheering on Paralympian
athletes. It was beyond belief ---independent.co.uk, July 13 (UK) https://is.gd/mRq3i5

MISCELLANEOUS

92.“Oxytocin Nasal
Spray May Boost Social Skills in Children with Autism.” Treatment with the
hormone oxytocin improves social skills in some children with autism, suggest
results from a small clinical trial. The results appeared today in
the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1. ---scientificamerican.com, July 11 https://is.gd/Y8B7G7

93.“A Wheelchair
User's Fear of Flying.” My fear of flying goes beyond the run-of-the-mill terror
over the prospect of my plane plummeting to the earth and shattering into
smithereens. ---progressive.org, July 7 https://is.gd/XnOcRb

94.“Bible school
welcomes kids with special needs.” A unique church program for children and
young adults with special needs is seeking participants and volunteers for its
22nd summer session. ---abqjournal.com, July 8 (New Mexico) https://is.gd/HE9QGv